Photo: François5000 · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Bluff’s working residents commute to Blanding
Working residents average 6 minutes each way (Utah 22, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Bluff; the top destination outside it is Blanding (55%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bluff quiets down on a workday
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Bluff on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
55% of working residents work in Blanding
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bluff clocks in
55% of workers
7% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
97 jobs are based in Bluff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 97. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
About 6 minutes each way, quicker than most of Utah
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bluff workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Bluff commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bluff: questions
What is the median household income in Bluff?
$56,042 (±$29,695) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bluff?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bluff?
6 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bluff work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blanding (55%, 23 mi), Monticello (7%, 42 mi), Salt Lake City (2%, 271 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bluff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bluff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bluff
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.